Encourage discussion of Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad Are Friends with these questions.

• Ask children if they have ever lost a button from their clothing. Have them share descriptions of their lost buttons. Encourage children to use descriptive language in their explanations including shape, color, size, or number of holes. Then tell children that they will hear a tale of a toad who lost a button from his jacket.
• Ask children to describe the buttons on the clothes they're wearing. Encourage children to use attributes such as shape, color, size, thickness, or number holes in their descriptions.